Committed to Malaysia ‘s built heritage

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Boost for Heritage by Ahmad Sarji bin Abdul Hamid

In March 2004 the Ministry of Culture, Arts & Heritage wascreated. Badan Warisan Malaysia welcomes this move, whichreflects the Government’s growing commitment to preservingour nation’s cultural heritage. Most important of all, this is aclear acknowledgement of the fact that our heritage does notexist principally as a tourist attraction, but is the embodimentof the history and values of the Malaysian people.

W h e re does this leave the proposed heritage legislation? The legislation (which took the form of an Amendment tothe Town & Country Planning Act, 1976) received its firstreading in Parliament on 6 November 2003, before the dissolution of Parliament. Had it been passed, it would havegiven state governments and local authorities the ability toc o n t rol development within historic are a s .

Since then, the Minister of Culture, Arts & Heritage, YBDato’ Seri Utama Rais Yatim, has proposed a stand-aloneHeritage Bill, which would address both tangible and intangible heritage and which will supersede the pro p o s e d2003 Amendment to the Town & Country Planning Act.

In the meantime, the State and Local Governments areengaged in drawing up Structure Plans and Local Plans whichwill determine land use for the next decade. We remain concerned that further delays in the promulgation of anappropriate bill will erode the already fragile state of our heritage and a massive and irreplaceable part of our heritagewill continue to be lost without legislative protection.

The Badan will continue to educate the public on the meaningof heritage conservation. To many people, it would meanonly preserving the façade of selected pre-war shophouses.But heritage is much more than this. First, it is not exclusivelyabout the distant past. It is a living thing. We are creating itdaily. The twin towers, KLIA and Putrajaya are all part of ourheritage. Second, it is often not just selected buildings, butwhole environments. Third, it is not just shophouses but alsovernacular buildings. It is also about the people who live inthem: their traditions, values, crafts, trades and ways of life.

Today, the biggest single threat to our heritage is our modernc u l t u re of disposability. Our throw-away society is marg i n a l i s i n gthe past. Despite increasing governmental and public concern, in the absence of effective legal protection, our cultural heritage continues to disappear at an alarming rate.

As the nation’s leading heritage non-government org a n i s a t i o n ,we believe that there must be a shared vision for the nation’sh e r i t a g e c o n s e rv a t i o n w h i c h i s u n d e r s t o o d a n da c c e p t e d w i d e l y.To shape this vision and to define the framework which pro m o t e sand nurtures the nation’s heritage, we have begun a processto establish a set of conservation principles “The StonorPrinciples” for the protection, preservation and promotion ofour heritage. We hope, that once completed, these principleswill provide the framework within which heritage conserv a t i o nand preservation in Malaysia is articulated and practised.

Extract “Statement from President”, Annual Review 2003-2004

K L C M – Revisitedby Chen Voon Fee

p roved to be a continuing good business venue, why was is going to demolished? UDA, the land and building ownercame out quickly with the assurances that the KualaLumpur Central Market was in fact, to be kept intact. Itt u rned out to be an enforced sale by Danaharta to repay a bank loan.

Sigh of re l i e f !

Sometime later, a surprising call came from a Mr. Lim, re p resenting the putative new owner, having tracked medown via the architectural network. The caller said theywould like to re s t o re the KLCM back to its original concept.Would I help? Why, cert a i n l y !

I went back to see how far the KLCM had gone off its“original concept”. Approaching from the N i.e from theconfluence of the Sg Klang & Sg Gombak, the first viewwas the semi enclosed riverbank Benteng caused by the LRTc o n c rete superstru c t u re rising up, blocking the visual andphysical connection of the KLCM with the river and theDayabumi. It has destroyed the landscape pedestrian mallwhich was the outdoor extension of the KLCM, one of theattractive features of the “original concept.” Short of thedemolishing the concrete wall, is the good “feng shui”totally lost? A great pity if it were !

The box housing Kuala Lumpur’s largest room remains aswe had left it - in its original design. The art deco colourscheme had been faithfully kept. 2 decades ago appliedbright colour was startlingly new. Modern buildings weremostly uncoloured and left finished in the materials theyw e re built in. Looking back, we did the right thing. Thecolours enhanced T. Y. Lee’s ingenious elevation. Was heconscious that he used the same device to elevate the new wet market that was first used by Palladio in Vi c e n z a ’s Civic Hall? (The building is the Palazzo Della Ragione(Basilica) Piazza dei Signori, Vicenza. It was his first publiccommission. He was entrusted to rebuild the partly collapsed loggia in 1545. The device he used, known as the'serliana' originated in antiquity, revived by Renaissance

Old trade

B a c k g round: when thenews first appeared in thep ress that the K.L CentralMarket (KLCM) was up“FOR SALE”, letters immediately followede x p ressing concern that thec i t y ’s, in fact, the country ’sfirst successful re-use of a major public heritage building was thre a t e n e dagain. 18 years after the ˆold wet market, scheduledfor demolition, re-opened as Kuala Lumpur’s own“Covent Garden” and

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e n t i re place was given a good spring cleaning and spru c i n gup. The entire service infrastru c t u re needs to be upgraded.

How does KLCM measure up against today’s conserv a t i o ns t a n d a rds? In the heyday of local conservation there wash a rdly the time, scholarship and methodology commonlyemployed today. Authenticity was an unknown word andconcept. Its fitness of purpose was not off the mark, fro mwet market to cultural mart. Yet, rushing headlong into the battle to save from demolition and reuse, KLCM was a milestone and achieved even a benchmark.

The window of opport u n i t yexisted in that short economic downturn of mid-1980s with the overbuiltc o m m e rcial spaces was successfully exploitedtogether with the politicalwill that existed. Public opinion was heavily infavour with the early campaigns fought by pro x yfor Badan Warisan Malaysia,b e f o re official re g i s t r a t i o nand formation.

Without doubt, it has beena commercial success, usedover and over to exemplify, illustrate and convince recalcitrant owners not to tear down their heritage buildings. It was the first large scale,c o m m e rcial development using a leased public building bya private developer, albeit an enlightened one. The form u l acan be repeated, especially for inner city urban sites to p re s e rve the grain and human scale of old town centre s .

R e f e rence:

“Ideas and Trends in Conservation and Adaptive Reuse of Existing Building - KL Central Market : A Study” Majalah Akitek volume 3 & 4 ,1 9 8 6

a rchitects, popularised through Serlio's publication. Hencethe name. The device allows the architect to absorb thei rregularities of an existing stru c t u re to produce a visualimage of unity and strength. T. Y.Lee used a similar device to deal with the irregular trapezoidal site of the KLCM to produce an overall visual symmetry in the 4 unequalfaçades.) The symmetry is not regular or repetitive. No two façades are alike, yet is the casual visitor conscious ofthis? Not unless after close study.

Inside, the free standing 6 clusters of 2-storey shopsremain in their diff e re n t i a t e d2-tone colour scheme. Thecontinuous central skylightremains as the dominantaxis, deliberately bre a c h e dat the centre by the centralstairs and hydraulic liftunder the barrel vault. Thelatter subtly directs oneu p w a rds to the roof whileadding a secondary cro s saxis, meant to direct towardsBenteng and the river. Thishas become more import a n twith the loss of the riverv i e w. The loss could be re c o v e red by re-locating theBenteng outdoor dining up onto the rooftop. The roof wasone part of the original plan that was not fully developed in1986 nor had it been. Both the land and the river sides ofthe rooftop on either side of the central skylight could beredesigned from the present under usage. It would give anew nightlife to the KLCM.

One of the most glaring falling off was the tenancy mix.The original developers were conscious of what that didNOT want – another shopping mall. Endless rows of aluminium-framed, glazed boxes lining long, boring c o rridors selling similar wares. No large anchor tenantseither but an interesting mix. The small traders using therefurbished market stalls were pioneers, so were the art i s t s .Some tenants must go. KLCM’s special role as the city’s cultural market place has to be re-thought and re s t o red for the 21st century. No harm, too, would be done if the

Footprint of KLCM seen in the KLMarket Square Heritage Trail map

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KelantanMembers visit 24th to 26th July 2004

A flight of less than an hour transported members from the grid-locked traffic of Kuala Lumpur to the relaxed e n v i ronment of Kota Bharu, the state capital of Kelantan.

Lunch introduced us to our first taste of the excellent butsinful Kelantanese food made ultra rich with generous additions of both coconut milk and sugar. After this fueledwith calories we were ready for the first stop on the packedi t i n e r a ry. This was a visit to a goldsmith; a small workshopw h e re intricate jewellery is crafted by hand using an a s s o rtment of simple tools. We were able to observe the

p rocess which is exactingand consequently very time consuming. Lookingt h rough pattern books wecould see that many designsstill incorporate traditionalfloral motifs along withm o re c o n t e m p o r a ry geometric shapes.

This visit to a traditional craft workshop was also an i n t roduction to the number of cottage industries that a re still thriving in Kota Bharu. Many of these are familyc o n c e rns with the expertise being passed down from onegeneration to another.

During our visit to Kelantan the wealth of the crafts alongwith the tempting home style cooked food became theoutstanding features of the trip, as observed by some ofthe following part i c i p a n t s .

Kris Workmanship

by Terence Daley

For many centuries the seafaring Malay encountered boththe perils of the sea, a range of cultures and diverse peopleduring both trade and sea passage. In addition to hisdeveloped art of diplomacy a defensive deterrent was essential. This was provided by a combination of team spiritand individual proficiency at close quarters with the mostsophisticated of weapons the common kris (keris sempana).

For the detterent to be effective it was made conspicuousby the sampir kris (large embellished top of the sheath).F rom this focal point elaborate manners assured anacquaintance of peace, respect and good intent.

This marriage of the common kris with good mannersspans Malay history and today resides in Malaysia. We were f o rtunate to view and handle the outstanding work of ourhost Nik Rashidee Nik Hussein. This included fine examplesof hulu keris (grip), sarang keris (sheath) and sampir keris(top of sheath) which he had made for his clients existingmata (blades).

Dave Henkel (curator Northeast Malay States, AsianCivilisations Museum, Singapore ) a highly respected authorityon the kris delivered an informed lecture on its history andamong other things the influence of religious beliefs on itse m b e l l i s h m e n t .

The Kite Workshop

by Megan McCrae

Among the interesting places we were able to have access to through Badan Warisan was a small kite makingworkshop attached to a home shop. We were very f o rtunate to see a demonstration of the meticulous way in which the kite making craft is perf o rmed traditionally.Prior to our arrival at the shop we were warned that thev e ry elderly craftsman did not always have the strength (or inclination) to give a demonstration, so we were alldelighted to have the opportunity to see him at work.

The Batik Cap Workshop

by Tina Schlag

craft, time-consuming and a long, old process which needsa rtistic patience and dedication from the maker. A specialcharacteristic of Batik is the hair line detail or “cracking”which is a work of chance only achieved when the waxcracks and the dye penetrates through. Materials used forBatik are normally cotton, silk, line and at times viscoserayon. Batik dyes must be cold dye. The wax is a mixture oft h i rty percent beeswax to seventy percent paraffin wax. Thep reparation of the wax is the most important factor in themaking of Batik.

A wax pattern is applied to the cloth.photo: Joanna Adamson

Farish A Noor

Farish A Noor one of theauthors of "The Spirit ofWood" delivered anotherl e c t u re on the selection anduse of wood. He covere dthe separate re q u i re m e n t sand customs for each of thehulu keris, the sarang kerisand the sampir keris.

Goldsmith. photo: Joanna Adamson

A superb example of a kris from Nik Rashidee Nik Hussein’scollection.

Batik is a way of decoratingcloth by covering part of itwith a coat of wax and thendyeing the cloth. The waxa rea keeps its originalcolour and when the wax is removed the contrastbetween the dyed andundyed area makes the pattern. Batik is a fascinating

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Making Kero p o k :

Step 1: Raw materialsLocally caught ikan parang or ikan tamban are cleaned;head and entrails removed but bones and scales remain foradded roughage and bone-strengthening calcium. Kero p o kis said to be originally made from ikan parang and thistype, usually lighter in colour, is more expensive compare dto the kind made from ikan tamban. Ikan parang keropok is also said to be more subtle in taste.

Step 2: Mixing the materialsThe cleaned fish are ground together with flour from sagoroots and starch in a small locally-made grinding machinewith rollers inside not unlike a mini ice breaking machine.Ice is added to the mixture to maintain the condition off i s h - f l o u r- s t a rch mixture. A little "sweetener"/ flavourenhancer (suspiciously called "Ajino.." or gula) dissolved in water is added.

The amount of sago flour and starch ground together withthe fish is measured according to the type of keropok to be made. Keropok lekor re q u i res 2 parts of sago flour ands t a rch for each part fish; this amount of flour gives a puff y,c rusty finish on the outside when the sausage shapeddough is deep fried in vegetable oil. Keropok potongre q u i res a little less flour as it is thin and dried when deepfried. It's made from equal parts flour and fish to give itthat crispy cracker finish. Keropok losong has the mostamount of fish with one and a half part fish to each partf l o u r. It does with less flour because it is steamed and tendsto be a little heavier on the palate.

Kelantan's “Krunchy Keropok”

by Lam Kok Liang

What trip to the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia wouldbe complete without kero p o k ?

Our bus pulled up at small shed along Jalan PCB whichstood for Pantai Cahaya Bulan or Moonlight Beach Road(this road was formerly called Jalan Pantai Cinta Berahi orBeach of Passionate Love Road, possibly renamed to re f l e c trecent public pre f e rence for things lunar). Before this, wehad visited a kite shop and as it was getting anxiously closeto morning tea time many of us welcomed the sight andslight aroma of this stop.

Know your Kero p o k :K e ropok is a seafood paste made from shrimp, squid or,m o re popularly, fish. The shop we visited made mainly fishk e ropok or keropok ikan and here 3 types were maden a m e l y :

a ) K e ropok lekor, a popular sausage-like, finger sizedk e ropok often sold in pasar malam deep fried with a moist centre and taken with a sweet chilli sauce

b ) K e ropok potong, as the name implies, this kind ofk e ropok is cut into 2mm thick slices which are then deep fried into crispy fish crackers taken also with asweet chilli sauce. Keropok potong is sold dried anduncooked in plastic bags

c ) K e ropok losong, named after the village in Te re n g g a n uw h e re it was first concocted, is not unlike the kero p o klekor in appearance but is steamed or boiled instead ofdeep fried.

Examples of the dried and the ‘sausage” keropok.

Keropok loaves.

Of course many of us could not resist the opportunity toshop and a few kites were bought along with a number of highly coloured shadow puppets made of the skin of (to me at least) an unknown animal. Given the age of thecraftsman and the lack of younger apprentices in this craft,I believe we were very lucky to have the chance to see thismaster of a dying art .

Step 3: The doughThe ground fish-flour m i x t u re is then handf o rmed; sausage shaped for keropok lekor andlosong and loaf-like fork e ropok potong.

K e ropok potong "loaves"a re then passed through to a village-made electric guillotine to emerge as thinslices. These are spread out

on basket-woven mengkuang trays and sun-dried at theback of the shop for a few days. When dried hard, thesek e ropok potong slices are packed into air-tight plastic bagsand sold.

Step 4: CookingAt the back of shop, keropok losong is cooked in a larg egas steamer. Keropok lekor is sometimes sent out uncookedbut for our visit, a basketful of that and keropok potongw e re deep fried in vegetable oil for sampling… whichp romptly sparked off yet another shopping and feedingf re n z y.

D o n ’t forget the chilli sauce!!

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Cycle and Carriageby Datuk Paddy Bowie

“Cycle and carriage” seems a quaint and unlikely n o m e n c l a t u re for a company that distributes the pre s t i g i o u sM e rcedes Benz cars at the luxury end of the auto market.If you have ever wondered how it got that name you haveto go back to the turn of the century Malaya. Cycle andC a rriage had set up in Singapore in 1899 and had import e dthe very first car into country in the year 1906 -a Benzreputed to have had only two gears and, if rumour is to bebelieved, no reverse. But we have to go further back to oneChua Cheng Bok, the company’s founder who bestowedthe name Cycle and Carriage on it for sentimental re a s o n s .

Chua Cheng Bok came to Malaya as did so many of hiscompatriots, fleeing the hardships and the War Lords ofImperial China. They dispersed throughout the Nanyang,the South Seas, seeking their fortune. Today they constitutethe unique force of the “Overseas” Chinese to be found in just about every country in the Asia Pacific, a diasporabound by their “Guan Xsi” long before We s t e rn businesscoined the word “network”- and becoming known as theJews of Asia.

Chua Cheng Bok no doubt arrived here in a somewhatu n s e a w o rthy craft - alone without benefit of education,money or kin. The migrants were received and given shelterby the Chinese Clan Association, usually in the cro w d e dshophouses around the old Market Square. Sinkeys thelocal populace called them. This is how the First Ancestor of so many of today’s thriving Chinese corporations start e dlife. Their aim was to found not just a business but a family

business - a family fort ress. The only security the migrantscould find in a land of strangers lay in material wealth.Thus the Overseas Chinese came to re p resent the merc a n t i l eclass faithful to the commercial instincts of their race whenthe bamboo curtain of Communism closed off China itselfto the outside world.

Many of today’s now affluent families keep a shrine in what has become the ancestral home in the land of theiradoption. The historic houses to be found notably inM a l a c c a ’s Heeren Street now Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lok, will bear testimony. For Chua Cheng Bok it was Bok Housebuilt in 1920 - along Ampang Road, that we know bettertoday as Le Coq d’Or. The choice of name is again curious,its origins unknown, and invariably mispronounced as “LayCoq d’Or” - French was not taught in the local schools.

It was a long and hard journey from Market Square to BokHouse. Cheng Bok first got a job in a shop selling spices.But this was not enough. It filled the rice bowl but wouldnever amass the capital, however modest by today’s s t a n d a rds to supplement his income, and that he needed to start a business. But having several hours left in the dayhe took himself off to “Red Light Corner” at the junctionof Ampang which was lit at night to prevent any traffic colliding in the dark. Chua Cheng Bok used the lamps thathad been installed to mend overnight the vehicles of thatera – cycles and carr i a g e s .

Cheng Bok’s break came when he heard of an Englishmanup country whose tin mine was going bust and who wasabout to sack his workers and re t u rn to England. He tookover the ailing mine. He was probably fairly well acquaintedwith tin mining since Kuala Lumpur was founded on it. Ti nmining activity was concentrated in lower Ampang a kindof unru l y, Wild West - or Wild East community in thosedays. The Colonial Government having allowed in themigrants to develop the tin and the rubber industries then proceeded to ignore them. They established their ownsystem of law and ord e r, which the origin of that specialspecies - the Capitan China. Cheng Bok could not pay histin workers but gave them accommodation and food withthe promise of profit sharing if things came good – a f requent practice in Chinese business. The mine pro s p e re dand Cheng Bok and his brother were able to found a

Bok House

Cycle and Carriages operated from 1905 at this building onJalan Lebuh Pasar Besar, then known as the Old FederalStores. photo: Jennifer Harvey.

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business in Singapore and Malaya. Cheng Bok called itCycle and Carriage as a mark of gratitude to its humble origins. A postscript to the story is that he voluntarily paidthe English tin miner, now in England, a pension for therest of his life.

The symbol of his success came with his building BokHouse to which there is romantic legend attached. It seemshe wished to marry a rich man’s daughter form one of thehouses down Ampang. But the father did not consider himgood enough because of his lowly origins. To impress himor to spite him Cheng Bok, when he in turn joined theleague of wealthy Chinese, built an even grander housea c ross the road. We see here an example of migrant history.The earlier generations remained apprehensive in what wasstill an alien, potentially hostile land. Even up to comparativelyrecently this migrant mentality persisted. Wealth was displaced in “portable” prosperity - the jewellery sported by the wives rather than in bricks and mortar i.e. they w e re poised if necessary for flight.. It was the subsequent generations who finally put down roots, built their gre a t

mansions and later diversified their traditional business intoc o n s t ruction. They had made their commitment. You can’tafter all put a high rise in a suitcase and run with it. TheOverseas Chinese had become the Malaysian Chinese.

Bok House became part of the Chinese Heritage of KualaL u m p u r. Le Coq d’Or the restaurant was opened in1958and operated 43 years till 2001 when sadly it was closed. In its time it was an institution comparable with the evenearlier Coliseum in the then Batu Road, the latter more aColonial pre s e rve. The writer fondly remembers both fro mher earliest days here – the antiquated Hainanese waiters,the tired table cloths, the delicious food – especially the sizzling steaks cooked over firewood, and the bacon sandwiches, (now banned as not halal). In both establishments it seemed as if time had stood still.

Now thanks to a quirky clause in Chua Cheng Bok’s will,Bok House stands empty, its fate unknown. But Cycle andC a rriage flourishes.

Views of the grand mansion through the ornate wrought iron entrance gates.

Watercolour painting of Bok Houseby Chin Kon Yit, featured in “Kuala Lumpur – A Sketchbook”.

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Brickfields is one of the oldest suburbs of Kuala Lumpurand its eponymous name indicates the cause of its development. Formerly Brickfields was a jungle area knownby the distance Batu Limabelas (15th Milestone), that it wasf rom Damansara. Yap Ah Loy, the entre p reneurial CapitanChina of Kuala Lumpur, was one of the first to establish abrickfield and kiln in the area. This was to produce bricksfor the Singapore market, but the prohibitive cost of fre i g h tp revented the venture from being profitable. However, thed i s a s t rous year of 1881, which saw the overc rowded townof Kuala Lumpur experiencing a devastating fire in Januaryand unprecedented flooding in December, was the impetusfor a rebuilding programme. Implemented by the Resident-General Frank Swettenham, this major plan created ano v e rwhelming demand for bricks with Brickfields becomingthe major manufacturing centre.

At one time there were as many as seventeen kilns in theBrickfield area, producing sufficient material to replace the attap houses with buildings constructed from brick or wattle with tile roofs. During 1884 the number of brickdwellings increased from four to 234! But by the early1 8 9 0 ’s the number of kilns had been reduced to seven. The demand for bricks was revived when the Public Wo r k sD e p a rtment opened its own factory in 1894, to pro v i d ematerials to be used in the construction of the major o fficial edifices of Kuala Lumpur that surround DataranM e rdeka.

Railways have also had a close association with Brickfields.This was due to Swettenham initiating a rail link betweenKlang and Kuala Lumpur to overcome the transport p roblems particularly of the tin mining interests, who needed to convey the ore to Port Klang. Inaugurated in1886, the line proved to be successful and was an incentivefor a major expansion of the rail network. As a consequenceKuala Lumpur became the rail centre, providing workshopsand marshalling yards in Brickfields. To meet the incre a s e dlabour demands, experienced railway staff were re c ru i t e df rom Ceylon, where the British had developed an established railway system. A number of Ceylonese werealso employed in the civil service and settled in Brickfieldsw h e re purpose built government housing was pro v i d e d .Known colloquially as “The Hundred Quarters” some ofthese two storey houses can still be seen on Jalan Rozario,and are one of the oldest examples of terrace housing in K.L.

Now development in Brickfields is again spurred on by therailways with the recent Kuala Lumpur Sentral developmentlocated where the old KTM quarters and warehouses oncestood. Unveiled in 2001 the new station was heralded as“the stimulus of bigger and better things to come”. Thea rea has been transformed into a modern transport a t i o nhub, with the convergence of four mass transit systems: theKTM, both the Putra and Monorail lines and an Express RailLink to the KL International airport. The Suasana SentralCondominium and Sentral Office Suites are now both welle s t a b l i s h e d . The recent opening of two hotels marks a n o t h e rphase in this development, which is due for completion in2007 and will also include a shopping centre that will be acomparable size to Suria, KLCC.

By 2007 Brickfields will have undergone a major makeoverthat according to a Minister in the Prime Minister’sD e p a rtment will see Brickfields “turned into a tourist huband (would) take on a carnival-like atmosphere.” The f requently employed expression defining the future ofBrickfields is that it will be converted into a “Little India”.

So what will happen t o t h e h a p h a z a rd j u m b l e o f s h o p h o u s e s ,older stru c t u res and residences that give Brickfields its distinctive neighbourhood character? Will they be abolished? Will Brickfields be able to retain any semblanceof its history? Do not look for the small kampongs withinBrickfields, they have already been demolished and re p l a c e dby temporary car parking lots.

A short walk around Brickfields is all that is re q u i red to gain a sense of the diversity of the area. A unique feature is that it has Chinese, Buddhist, Hindu, Protestant and

Brickfields in Transitionby Diana Cooper

Butterfly window,a detail of a shophouse on Jalan Scott.

Tamil Methodist Church, Jalan Sultan Abdul Samad.

Buddhist Maha Vihara Temple, Jalan Berhala.

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Catholic religious institutions built within a few metres ofeach other. In 1894 the Buddhist Maha Vihara Temple laidits foundation stone, the Sri Kandaswamy Temple wasestablished in 1902, the Vivekananda Ashram in 1904, theCatholic Church of the Holy Rosary in 1903 and the ZionEvangelical Lutheran Church in 1924. Equally numerous arethe schools from the Methodist College, Methodist Girls’School, La Salle, Brickfields government school and theVivekananda school to mention a few.

A major landmark of Brickfields is the YMCA which hasbeen in the area since 1905. Located close by is theMalaysian Association for the Blind. These associations areindicative of the social aspect of Brickfields, which also hasthe Gurney Training Centre and Rumah Harapan, a schoolfor mentally challenged children. Another aspect ofBrickfields not to be ignored is the food - it is banana leaf paradise.

Brickfields has with stood the name change of its mains t reet from Jalan Brickfields to Jalan Tun Sambathan, seenthe development of condominiums in its very centre andyet retained its neighbourhood character. So maybeBrickfields has the resilience to absorb further more radicalchanges while still remaining in essence a very individualp a rt of Kuala Lumpur.

Early in December 2004, a group of members conducted a “trial run” of a comprehensive walking tour of theBrickfields area. There are plans to produce the “Walk” in a written form to enable members to discover more ofthe area at their own leisure. Likewise the Bukit Nanas walkthat was explored by members at an earlier date will alsobe published early 2005.

Vivekananda Ashram, Jalan Tun Sambanthan.

Galeri Sri Perdanaby Diana Cooper

Sri Perdana, the residence of the former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamadb e f o re he moved toPutrajaya, has been

c o n v e rted into a National Gallery and has been open to the general public since December 2003.

F o rmerly Sri Perdana was owned by the Malaysia MiningCorporation and was the residence of their chairman, whenit was known as Sri Timah. The Government purchased thep ro p e rt y, sited on five acres of land in Damansara Heights in 1982 to make it the official residence of the PrimeM i n i s t e r. Sri Timah had to be demolished when stru c t u r a ldefects became apparent during the conversion pro c e s s .

Dr Mahathir and his family lived at Sri Perdana from 1983 to1999, when the Federal Government administration movedto Putrajaya. In August 2000 Sri Perdana was handed overto the National Archives for conservation and as a place ofre f e rence, as well as a tourist destination. So how has theNational Archives converted and conserved the former homeand official residence of Malaysia’s fourth Prime Minister?

Galeri Sri Perdana comprises three levels. The lower gro u n dsection with the main kitchen and laundry room re m a i n su n a l t e red. Level one entered across a red carpet includes al o b b y, meeting room, banqueting hall and kitchen, smallt h e a t re and guest bedroom. The second level has a familykitchen, dining area and bedrooms. Here is also the balcony,with a stunning view of Kuala Lumpur’s skyline, where DrMahathir and Dr Siti Hasmah took breakfast. However al a rge area of this level has been converted into an exhibitionspace displaying collections of crystal, pewter, wood andother items donated to Dr Mahathir, alongside enlarg e dfamily photographs.There is no information about how thisa rea was previously used.

Only minor alterations and renovation work has been carr i e dout at Sri Perdana since it was vacated in 1999, so the visitor is seeing the house very much in its original state. Buti n f o rmation available at Galeri Sri Perdana is perf u n c t o rywhich is surprising since the project was conducted by theNational Archives. For example the Lobby is an elegant ro o mdecorated with carved wood paneling, but inform a t i o ngiven to the visitor only states that this is local wood. In theAnte-Lounge however we are informed that the decorationof the plaster ceiling is “attributed to hand printed design ofcentral Uzbek artist”. A brief account of the original housedescribes it as having colonial and post colonial influencesand that the present building has adopted “traces” of thesedesign elements. But what these characteristics are, alongwith many other details are not shared with the observ e r.

Visiting Sri Perdana raises the issue of what role do buildingshave when their original purpose for which they were builtalters or becomes redundant? Exiting by the short driveway,I had a good view of the large garden and what would havebeen a private outdoor eating area, it was then that SriP e rd a n a ’s potential to be utilised as a new “green lung” of Kuala Lumpur became appare n t !

Admission free, open Tues - Sun 10am to 5pmCrest on the entrance gates to Galerie Sri Perdana.

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The Historic Monuments of Macaoby Laurence Loh

“The Historic Monuments of Macao” is the title of thedossier for World Heritage Listing submitted by the People’sRepublic of China to the World Heritage Committee,UNESCO, Paris, France. This is being evaluated for 2005.The criteria chosen by the State Party to describe theOutstanding Universal Values of the nominated site asre q u i red by the Operational Guidelines of the Wo r l dHeritage Convention are as follows:-

1 . The Historic Monuments of Macao are the oldestE u ropean architectural heritage existing in China today.Together with the Chinese traditional arc h i t e c t u re, theystand witness to the successful coexistence of East-We s tcultural pluralism and the embodiment of East-We s ta rchitectural traditions.

2 . They are examples of expressions of Chinese folk beliefsand of Christianity in China and the Far East.

3 . They are the best examples of the cultural exchangebetween the West and China.

4 . The original urban character of the Monuments is wellp re s e rved as a whole. It reflects the evolution process of a unique multicultural community.

The application will be assessed based on the above criteria chosen by China.

Twelve sites have been selected to re p resent the valuesdescribed in the criteria:-

1. A-Ma Te m p l e2. Moorish Barr a c k s3. M a n d a r i n ’s House4. St Joseph’s Seminary Building and Churc h5. Dom Pedro V Theatre6. Leal Senado Building7. Holy House of Merc y8. Ruins of St. Paul’s9. Na Tcha Te m p l e10. Sections of the Old City Wa l l s11. Mount Fort re s s12. Guia Fort ress, including the Guia Chapel and

Guia Lighthouse

These re p resent a group of buildings linked by a route setwithin a historical urban layout that dates back to the earlydays of Macao. They are legally protected by buffer zonesthat have been gazetted and conservation guidelinesa d d ress issues of height and building densities that aredesigned to complement the historic setting. Conserv a t i o nfunds and incentives ensure that the state of conserv a t i o nof all historic stru c t u res within the zones is excellent.

L a u rence Loh, our Deputy President, was given the honourand onerous task of being the Site Evaluator for UNESCO,

under the management of ICOMOS, the designated p rofessional organisation responsible for the evaluation ofall cultural sites under the World Heritage Listing exercise. It would be of interest to note that he is the first of two ICOMOS members in Malaysia and the first Malaysian everto have led a World Heritage evaluation mission.

The mission was conducted over 4 days from 14 to 17September 2004 and was hosted by the Cultural Instituteof Macao. It was an intensive programme which re q u i re dvisits to all the individual sites to check on their state ofc o n s e rvation, authenticity and integrity and site management.The extent and logic of the Buffer Zones had to bereviewed and this was carried out on foot. Meetings wereheld with all the stakeholders and players from govern m e n tagencies to owners of the sites, individuals with knowledgeof the sites, NGOs and private citizens. Laure n c e ’s objectivewas to check the veracity of the facts off e red in the dossier,and to make recommendations. Aspects covered wereCultural Values, Authenticity, Buffer Zones, Legal Pro t e c t i o n ,Conflict Resolution, Management, Conservation, To u r i s mImpact and Interpre t a t i o n .

The recommendations at this point in time obviously re m a i nconfidential. This is only the first step in the evaluationp rocess. There is a technical committee that has to meet todiscuss the values and merits of the nominated pro p e rt y,the views of other ICOMOS experts on specific aspects ofh i s t o ry and culture to be considered, a review by the Wo r l dHeritage Committee and the final Inscription to be debatedand aff i rmed, rejected or deferred at the World HeritageCommittee Annual Session in July 2005. Suffice to say, for the site evaluator it was a very huge experience andl e a rning process resulting in an increase in expertise whichwill be added to the sum total of conservation knowledgewithin BWM and in Malaysia in general.

Ruins of St. Paul’s Guia Lighthouse

Leal Senado Building

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What is World Heritage Listing?by Diana Cooper

Badan Warisan members often hear the term Wo r l dHeritage Site, but what exactly does this mean?

World Heritage Sites are defined as being “of outstandinguniversal value” and it is this universal application thatmakes the concept exceptional. World Heritage Sites arec o n s i d e red to belong to all the peoples of the world, ande v e ryone should have open access to them re g a rdless ofw h e re they are located.

World Heritage Sites were established under the terms ofthe “Convention Concerning the Protection of Wo r l dC u l t u re and Natural Heritage” adopted at the 17th GeneralC o n f e rence of the United Nations Educational, Scientificand Cultural Organisation (UNESCO ), held in 1972. Thre eyears later the World Heritage convention came into being,with the objective of promoting understanding and co-operation among nations to conserve World Heritagesites both natural and cultural.

1978 saw the first World Heritage Listing when twelve sites were chosen. Quito, in Ecuador with 320 hectares ofspectacular buildings, plazas and monuments was the firstsite selected. The following year forty four places were designated World Heritage Sites.

In July 2003 there were in total 754 sites: 149 natural, 582 cultural and 23 mixed sites of “outstanding universalvalue”. A further 34 were added this year (2004).

How are sites selected?To be included on a World Heritage List, sites must satisfyc e rtain criteria.

Cultural criteria states that it is “an outstanding example ofa type of building or arc h i t e c t u re, or landscape” that showsan important historical landmark. Natural criteria, relate tothe geological context and the biodiversity of an are a .

The application to be considered for Heritage Listing mustcome from the country itself; U N E S C O does not make anyrecommendations for listing. Included in the applicationt h e re has to be a detailed plan of how the site is managedand pro t e c t e d .

Once a year the World Heritage Committee meets to examine the nominations on technical evaluations. Thesea re provided by two advisory bodies: International Councilon Monuments and Sites (I C O M O S) and the Wo r l dC o n s e rvation Union (I U C N) .

P rotecting SitesOnce a site is given World Listing – it is not for perpetuity. To maintain the prestige and credibility of the award, recipients must show how they are conserving the site andthe eff o rts they are undertaking to raise public aware n e s s .So sites can be deleted from the list. What can be givencan be taken away: hence a heritage site in Sicily, Italy, forexample is under consideration to be removed from the list, due to proposed inappropriate development. A list ofWorld Heritage in Danger is now issued annually.

World Heritage Sites in MalaysiaP resently Malaysia has two Heritage Sites both in EasternMalaysia, and both selected because of their unique naturalc r i t e r i a .

1 ) Gunung Mulu National Park, Sarawak.H e re you will find the largest known natural cave chamber in the world which is recognised for its highbiodiversity and karst features and is home to millions of swiflets and bats.

2 ) Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.This area has been identified as the centre for plantdiversity for Southeast Asia.

P roposed Sites in Malaysia.G e o rge Town, Penang and Malacca are making a jointapplication to be designated as World Heritage Sites.G e o rge Town has 10,000 pre-war shophouses, 400 acres of the inner city have been zoned as heritage areas, with a plan to make a further 600 acres a buffer zone beyondthe heritage area, but this has recently been challenged bydevelopers. The U N E S C O Asia-Pacific re p resentative visitingMalacca in 2001 observed that there had been “over 20demolitions of historic prewar houses” in the city. Butapplying for UNESCO World Heritage status is not solelyabout protecting and conserving stru c t u res, it also refers to maintaining traditional trades and businesses and there f o rethe communities and life force of these cities.

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Badan Warisan Malaysiaaims to “create aware n e s sand public support for c o n s e rvation so as to ensurethe survival of our built heritage” and to “influencepolicy… to create a c o n s e rvation-friendly e n v i ronment”. This is i m p o rtant to maintain contact with our history and our roots, and to allowsociety to have a sense ofcontinuity and of place. Byunderstanding our buildings, their history and evolution, weunderstand the path of society’s development. This is evenbetter appreciated when areas and whole streetscapes arec o n s e rved so we can immerse ourselves in their, and ourown, history. A conservation-friendly environment will beconscious of the all-encompassing nature of real conserv a t i o n .This will include the conservation not only of buildings butalso areas, items of daily use, culture, re c o rds of people, notonly prominent personages but also the ord i n a ry souls whomake up the majority of the community, and of course thenatural environment which envelops and sustains everything.

The natural enviro n m e n tf rom which any societydevelops influences thewhole fabric of life. It d e t e rmines the style ofhousing, the materials used,the clothing worn, the food eaten, the means oft r a n s p o rt, everything aboutlifestyle. Modern urban

dwellers have become detached from the enviro n m e n t ,f rom their natural heritage; have lost that harmony withand understanding of nature so much a part of rural andindigenous communities. The cost of this detachment is ashigh as, possibly higher than, the cost of detachment fro mour built and cultural heritage.

R a i n f o rests form the predominant, although by no meansthe only, natural communities in Malaysia. They provide amultitude of benefits. Our torrential tropical rainfalls areheld in rainforests to be slowly released into rivers ands t reams and the atmosphere. Rainforests prevent theseheavy downpours from seriously eroding the land, fro mdepleting the soil of nutrients and their abundant micro b e sdecay and recycle dead plant and animal material torenourish the soil. By regulating river flow, rainforests p rotect our coastlines and mangroves, important bre e d i n ga reas for marine life. Large amounts of carbon are held in the growth of rainforests and this carbon sink helps to reduce the ‘greenhouse effect’ and maintain climatic balance. There appears to be an almost limitless supply of

useful material in the rainforest, timber, rattans, bamboo,f ruit, vegetables, medicinal and aromatic plants, cord a g eand twine, resins and beeswax and more are discovered allthe time. The most important bank in the rainforest is thegene pool, that concealed re s e rve of genes to assist in plant breeding programmes to further increase the usefulmaterials that can be sourced from forest products. Therea re also social, re c reational and tourist benefits to beobtained from forests.

These are tangible benefits, which everyone can appre c i a t e .An equally important reason for conserving our natural heritage is purely aesthetic. The grandeur and majesty oftracts of unspoiled wilderness have immense potential toi n s p i re and bring inner contentment. These expanses ofn a t u re give a sense of place, belonging, history and recognition of the future. This alliance with nature has

p rompted us to plant andattach attractive plaques tot rees to commemorateevents and to recognise thememorable deeds of braveand courageous people, withthe expectation that we arep roviding for the future generations, milestones inh i s t o ry, to be admired and

a p p reciated. Part of what makes us human is our ability toa p p reciate the beautiful, to spend time contemplating ours u rroundings and convert i n g practical, everyday items intothings of beauty. The homes of people of all cultures contain practical items decorated in some way to makethem a pleasure to use and to look at. The surroundings ofour homes reflect the same desire to combine the practicaland beautiful – our gardens. City living naturally re s t r i c t sthe type of planting possible but native species willundoubtedly bring the best results. Indigenous plants areeasier to gro w, provide homes and food for insects, b i rds and other animals and give that wonderful sense ofbelonging. In Malaysia the recognition of the components

of the forest is glaringly evident in the multitude of places and streets withplant names – Ipoh,Petaling, Pudu, Ta m p o i ,Telawi, Tempinis, Merlimau,Berangan, Binjai, Jelutong,Kulim, to name just a few.

How meaningful if these streets and towns were plantedwith the trees whose names they carry.

When conserving built heritage, entire areas and their contents is the ideal. This is not always possible, in whichcase the most significant individual buildings are selected.C o n s e rvation of the natural environment is similar, larg ee n t i re tracts must be conserved. When expansion of oururban areas dictate certain clearing activities, we should do our best to conserve what we can and supplement with replanting natural species to fill the areas.

Our Complete Heritageby Puan Sri Susan Jalaluddin

Herb & spice garden to complementour Rumah Penghulu

Food for insects, birds and other animals with enough left over for the people.

Gift Shop

Our Gift Shop has a variety of unique handmade craft itemssuch as tikar (mats) from dyed sake’ (pandanus) leaf stripsand kelumpeng (pouches) embellished with fine curlworkby the Semelai, one of the Orang Asli groups residing mainly around Tasek Bera in Pahang. There is also jewelryitems including necklaces, beaded belts and bracelets bythe Rungus, residing in Kg Tinangol, Kudat, Sabah. Thesea re contemporary jewelry items are made from many typesof seeds which are cultivated or wild harvested. All theseitems have been purchased directly from the art i s a n s .

In addition, we have re c e n t l y received a small selection of donated as new Selangor Pewterw a re and Kelantan s i l v e rw a re (including goblets, vases, and other decorativeitems) which are going at less than half price. We continue to have a selection of books on history, cultureand arc h i t e c t u re, postcards and greeting cards, as well as1940s – 1960s local h a rdwood furn i t u re, art i f a c ts andb r a s s w a re which have been restored or refurbished. Revenuee a rned from our Gift Shop supports our work in heritagec o n s e rv a t i o n .

Why Volunteer

Do you have free time? Do you have an area of speciali n t e rest in heritage or administration? Why not volunteerfor Badan Warisan Malaysia?

Our volunteers will work with the Secretariat staff to performa variety of tasks ranging from being a re p resentative on a technical committee, to perf o rming interesting tasks like re s e a rch, customer services, guiding, information management, events planning, conducting educationalworkshops and general back-office support activities.

Volunteering has two major benefits. There is an economicbenefit as volunteering makes an important economic contribution to society. Activities undertaken by volunteerswould otherwise have to be funded by private capital.Volunteering reduces the burden on our spending. Butm o re importantly perhaps, volunteering helps build stro n gand cohesive communities as it fosters trust between individuals and helps develop norms of solidarity and re c i p rocity which are essential to stable communities. By helping build this ‘social capital’, volunteering plays an important ro l e .

T h rough volunteering, older people stay more active andhealthy physically, mentally and socially while young peoplel e a rn at an early age to share their skills and learn from theexperiences of more senior members of their society.

If you would like to volunteer and share your time andexperience and can spare a few hours each week, ormonth, please contact Elizabeth or Ee Lin on 03-21449273or email heritage@b a d a n w a r i s a n . o rg . m y.

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In an eff o rt to promote this sense of natural heritage in an urban environment, BWM is currently filling the gard e nwith plants of cultural, historic and economic significance.It is an attempt to increase awareness that the built, cultural,historic and natural heritages go hand in hand, that therea re not only tangible and economic benefits in conserv a t i o nbut also sheer pleasure in appreciation of beauty and asense of continuity and place, which must only increase our humanity.

More Treesby Puan Sri Susan Jalaluddin

The garden continues to g row and expand. There are now 15 new trees, 3 new species, needing sponsors. The new trees are :

Brownea sp. – this is a beautiful, small tree with a spreadinglow crown and drooping branches. The flowers are flame-pink and hang like lanterns. Brownea is not native to Malaysiabut has long been a popular road-side and garden tre e . Thereare 2 of these trees growing well at the back garden.

Syzigium aromaticum – the clove tree. We re c e n t l yobtained 7 of these attractive and culturally significantt rees. Six have been already planted near the Malay House.

G a rdenia carinata – this is a beautiful native tree, foundt h roughout the country but most common in the nort h ,especially Kedah. It is commonly called Randa or ChempakaUtan, a small tree whose flowers open pale cre a m - y e l l o wand deepen to rich egg-yellow. The fruits have a sweet,pulpy mass and are often eaten by kampong childre n . .These trees will be planted along the Stonor fence.

If you would like to sponsor one of these trees please sendyour donation of RM25 to the Secre t a r i a t .

Some of our members who visit the office will have noticedthat the 5 Pulai trees near the Malay House have been cutdown which may seem strange since we are trying to buildup a living collection of significant trees. These trees had tobe removed because they are very weak and were continu-ally dropping branches on both the Malay House and themain building and causing damage to the roof. They havea l ready been replaced with clove trees and other suitablet rees will be added in time.

Spice in the air - one of the clovetrees in our garden

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Bentong Members trip 5th September 2004

Ted Miles’s house Ted Miles

Chinese Town Hall. photo: Diana Cooper.

Typical shophouse façadein the town centre.photo: Diana Cooper.

Sungai Perting Dam. photo: Andy Drinkwater.

Ted Miles (diarist and letter writer) welcomed members to his 1930’s house,a former estate manager’s bungalow,which he has lived in for the last fort yyears. Following lunch we walked aro u n dthe Sungai Perting Dam before re t u rn i n gto Bentong, to explore the ex-tin miningtown, which was developed by Loke Ye w.T h e re are plans to repeat this event earlyin 2005.

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Mubin Sheppard Memorial Prize 2005

The Mubin Sheppard Memorial Prize was set up to honour the memory of the late Tan Sri Dato’ Dr Haji MubinS h e p p a rd. It was first launched on 8 Feb 1996. It aims tostimulate students’ awareness of, and re s e a rch into, thec o n s e rvation of Malaysia’s built heritage. Between Marc h1997 and December 2004, five cycles of the competitionhave been completed.

Badan Warisan Malaysia invites entries for the MubinS h e p p a rd Memorial Prize 2005 (Cycle 6). Submissions will be considered in the following categories:

1. M e a s u red Drawings2. Case Study3. T h e s is /D i s s e rt a t i on /Topical Study4. C o n s e rvation Area Study

Within each category, the Jury Panel may select and designate:

• Wi n n e r• Merit Aw a rd• Honourable Mention

Each Prize will be in the form of a cash award, (the amountto be decided by the Jury Panel), together with a Cert i f i c a t eof Aw a rd. Badan Warisan Malaysia re s e rves the right not toa w a rd the Prize for any reason it deems fit.

The Competition is open to full-time, part-time and o ff-campus undergraduate or postgraduate students studying at any recognized tert i a ry institution in Malaysiaand overseas as long as the re s e a rch in about the a rc h i t e c t u re or site in Malaysia.

The criteria for review include:• Originality of re s e a rc h• P recision of re s e a rch methodology• Sound analysis of subject matter• New knowledge / craft / constru c t i o n• Quality of writing and language• M e a s u red Drawings will, in addition, be assessed on

their accurate re p resentation of existing conditions aswell as clear understanding of the historical buildingmethods and measure s .

For full details and an application form, please contact Intan at Tel: 03 2144 9273,Fax: 03 2145 7884, Email: info@b a d a n w a r i s a n . o rg . m y, w w w. b a d a n w a r i s a n . o rg . m y.

Submission deadline 17 June 2005.

UNESCO's Asia-Pacific Heritage Aw a rds for Culture HeritageC o n s e rvation recognize the eff o rts and contributions ofindividuals and organizations within the private sector,including private-public partnerships, who have successfullyre s t o red and conserved stru c t u res and buildings of heritagevalue in the Asia-Pacific region.

2004 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards Winners

This project was praised for demonstrating that historics t ru c t u res can be saved, re s t o red and re c o v e red for continued use in the community. The project exemplifiesexcellence in conservation practice applied to larg e - s c a l emonuments and is a model for the revitalization of historics t ru c t u res throughout the nort h e rn regions of Pakistan.

T h ree Aw a rds of Distinction were off e re d :

The Lakhpat Gurudwara which was praised for thesophisticated understanding demonstrated in both technicaland social aspects of the conservation process and practice.

St Ascension Cathedral was praised for successfully restoring this historic and sacred building, with exemplaryc o n s e rvation practice, in particular the emphasis on the useof appropriate materials and techniques, with attention tooriginal details and the methodical removal of incongru o u sadditions.

The Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel was praisedfor restoring the distinct rustic character of this significant historic building, the focal point of the ru r a lcommunity of Mullewa, which through the commendabletechnical execution of the project, set a standard for therestoration of similar buildings in the re g i o n .

Five Aw a rds of Merit and eight Honourable Mentions w e re awarded.

F u rther information about the Heritage Aw a rds can befound on www. u n e s c o b k k . o rg / c u l t u re /h e r i t a g e a w a rd s .

The Aw a rd of Excellence in the UNESCO 2004 Asia-Pacific Heritage Aw a rds for Cultural HeritageC o n s e rvation went to BaltitF o rt in Karimabad village inthe Hunza region of Pakistan.

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Events Calendar

Exhibitions

8 to 16 January 2005 Recent Works: An exhibition of Paintings and Digital Art by Karen Nunis Blackstone

24 to 31 January 2004 Faculty Show by Art & Design Department, New Era College

M a rch 2005 An exhibition of Calligraphy, Mirro r-work and Textiles onwood by Dr Amir Zekgro o

25 April – 31 May 2005 Old Malaya – exhibition and sale of furn i t u re

June 2005120 years of Malayan Railways – a photographic exhibitionby Eric Peris, Bob Teoh, Soraya Yusof, Arthur Teng, Chan KinWah and Syed Zainal Rashid with ceramic artist Alex Ta n

Visit and Trips

J a n u a ry – April

View of a re s t o red 1960s house, Kuala LumpurYBhg Dato’ and Datin Richard Curtis have agreed to open their home to a visit by members of Badan Wa r i s a nMalaysia which will also include a viewing of Dato’s extensive cartographic collection.

Visit to the Loke Tomb, Kuala Lumpur S a t u rd a y, 29 January 2005. 9amWe are planning a trip to view the Statue and Tomb ofLoke Ye w, recognised as one of the founder fathers ofKuala Lumpur.

Limited places available.

Day trip to KlangWe encourage members to join us on this special trip toKlang to visit the Istana Alam Shah and Masjid SultanS u l e i m a n .

Day trip to BentongThis is a repeat of the trip made to Ted Miles’ planter’shouse, Bentong town and the Perting Dam.

Other trips planned for 2005 include visit to Teluk Intan,Sabah (Sandakan and Kota Kinabalu), Ipoh, theH y d roelectric Station in Ulu Langat and a repeat of theBrickfields walk.

Badan Warisan MalaysiaCouncil Members

Tan Sri Dato’ Seri (Dr) Ahmad Sarji bin Abdul Hamid,P re s i d e n tAr Laurence Loh, Deputy Pre s i d e n tChristopher Boyd, H o n o r a ry Tre a s u re rDato’ H S Barlow, H o n o r a ry Secre t a ryDatuk Haji Abdul Rahim AbdullahAr Helena Aman HashimIshak Ariff i nDatuk Haji Ismail AdamDr Chandran Jeshuru nDato’ Ir Lee Yee CheongAr Jimmy C S LimAr Lillian Ta y

H o n o r a ry Council MembersDatin Amar Elizabeth MoggieDatin Valerie AlbakriDatin Waveney JenkinsTuan Haji Ar Norzam Darm i n

S e c re t a r i a tElizabeth Cardosa, Executive Dire c t o rLim Ee Lin, Heritage Centre ManagerIntan Syaheeda Abu Bakar, Information Off i c e rChan Sok Yee, Office Maintenance

8 Heeren Street Centre ManagerJohn Marcian Cavalho

Buletin Wa r i s a nDiana Cooper, Editor

Badan Warisan Malaysia Company No. 104798-A

2 Jalan Stonor, 50450 Kuala LumpurTel: 03 2144 9273 Fax: 03 2145 7884Email: heritage@b a d a n w a r i s a n . o rg . m yw w w. b a d a n w a r i s a n . o rg . m y

Opening hours O ffice: Mondays to Saturdays 9 am to 6 pmExhibition Centre: Mondays to Saturdays 10 am to 5.30 pmR e s o u rce Centre: Tuesdays to Saturdays 10 am to 4 pmRumah Penghulu tours: Twice daily Mondays to Saturd a y sat 11 am & 3 pm (Other times by prior appointment)

8 Heeren Street Heritage Centre8 Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock75200 MelakaTel / Fax: 06 281 1507Email: 8heeren@b a d a n w a r i s a n . o rg . m y

Opening hours Tuesdays to Saturdays 11 am to 4 pm